AVES. 71 



LIMICOLAE. 



SCOLOPACIDAE. 



136. MiCROPALAMA himantopus (Bonaparte) Baird. 



Stilt sandpiper; Bastard yellow-leg; Long-legged sandpiper; 

 Mongrel. 



Tringa kimantopus Bonap., Ann. lyceum nat. hist. New York, 

 is2(i, vol. 2, p. 157. "Long Branch, Xew Jersey." Bonap., 

 Amer. ornith., 1833, vol. 4. p. 89, pi. 25, fig. 3. 



Marshes and mudflats; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Rare fall migrant coastwise. July 19-Sept. 26 (Oct. 

 2, 1908, Pine Point). 



N. H. — Rare fall migrant coastwise. July 31-Aug. 28. 



Mass. — Uncommon fall migrant coastwise. July 19-Sept. 29. 



R. I. — Very rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. May 9, 

 189."), Sakonnet Point; July 6-Sept. 19. 



Coxx. — Rare migrant: Xew Haven, Sept. 16, 1S86. 



137. Tringa cantjtus Linne. 



Knot; Ash-colored sandpiper; Blue plover; Grayback; Gray 

 snipe; Red-breasted plover or sandpiper; Robin snipe; 

 Silver plover. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 149. "ix Europa." 

 Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 144, pi. 43, fig. 10. 



Tringa islandica Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, 

 p. 254, pi. 328. 



Sandy beaches; nests on the ground. 



Me., X. H. — Uncommon migrant coastwise. May 24-June 11; 

 Aug.-Sept. 



Mass. — Common migrant coastwise, casual inland (Springfield); 

 rare winter resident. May 11- June 5 (June 25); July 13-Xov. S 

 (winter). 



R. I.— Common migrant coastwise. May; July 11 -Sept. 14. 



Coxx. — Common migrant coastwise. 



